THE RULES include, but are not limited to:
1) The research article must cover current research outside your specified area.
2) Presentation of the material must be in a coherant fashion.
3) As the leader of a session you must work to inspire interesting and invigorating discussion.
4) The presentation and discussion must be limited to be within the 50 minutes alloted.
5) The paper itself cannot be anymore than 25 pages (13 pages double-sided)
No Excuses for getting papers:
The Journal Club papers will be available on the front desk of the main
office by Monday afternoon.
Round Table Discussions:
Some of the Journal Club meetings will be formatted as a round table
discussion concerning a hot topic. Everyone will be asked to bring
interesting journals, stories, and anything else that you find
interesting. Two of the topics will be Planets and Historical
astronomy, so start thinking of interesting discussion points.
Powerpoint is not required:
In an effort to encourage discussion and participation there is no
powerpoint required; however, the presentation of the material must be
in a coherant fashion (i.e. have some notes). If you want to use
powerpoint, please keep in mind that it is a discussion, not a
presentation.
Local Research Talks:
This is an opportunity for everyone in this department to become
familar with everyone elses research. What area do you concentrate in,
who do you work with, what is your current research? For those of you
who do not want to talk about a journal, we would like to invite you to
talk about you current research. This will be a great opportunity for
the graduate students to learn what research actually takes place in
this department. Keep us up to date!